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i thought if you want to cut the pentagon budget, you must be some kind of come -- comey that hates america. the pentagon in the department of defense and the only department not subject to audit, that doesn't mean they fail the awe cut or look at all the things they found. they're not subject to audit. what we've been finding figuring out is piece by piece is that for example, since 9/11 in the nine years after 9/11, the pentagon budget went up. the increase in the pentagon budget was $2 trillion. $1 trillion went to the war, the other trillion nobody knows where it went to because the air force has been scaled back, the navy has been scaled back, the army increased margely, but it it's budget was vastly increased. where did the money go? and i think this is a crisis that we're enduring that is going have to require both liberals and conservative to rethink re-examine some of the sacred cows and say we can't afford to say this is off the table for cuts. that's off the table for cuts. nothing is off the table but particularly the waste going on. but also it's not just that they have thrown
i thought if you want to cut the pentagon budget, you must be some kind of come -- comey that hates america. the pentagon in the department of defense and the only department not subject to audit, that doesn't mean they fail the awe cut or look at all the things they found. they're not subject to audit. what we've been finding figuring out is piece by piece is that for example, since 9/11 in the nine years after 9/11, the pentagon budget went up. the increase in the pentagon budget was $2...
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needs to get back on the right track also corporate america has messed with the wrong people facing salary cuts port workers in the east coast are threatening to strike to get him to impact the economy to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars right about why this strike in particular is so important and how if it's successful it could bring about a future of leisure society for working americans plus it's been less than two years but a new government in japan is already forgotten all the lessons learned from the fukushima nuclear crisis as millions of tons of radioactive debris drifts at this moment for the united states is west coast i know what the japanese government is now doing if you put the entire world in danger and later in the show we'll have your take my take a live segment your chance to call in and ask a question share your thoughts live on the air. you need to know this president obama is back in washington d.c. senators back in washington d.c. the speaker john boehner and the rest of the republicans in the house are still on vacation here is democratic senate ma
needs to get back on the right track also corporate america has messed with the wrong people facing salary cuts port workers in the east coast are threatening to strike to get him to impact the economy to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars right about why this strike in particular is so important and how if it's successful it could bring about a future of leisure society for working americans plus it's been less than two years but a new government in japan is already forgotten all the...
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made in america. if you live on one hundred thirty three bucks a month for food i should try it because you know how fabulous. i mean. i know that i'm still the same thing really messed up. and we're all very sort of silly. that's. the worst we're going through the only white house of the day the radio guy in fort lauderdale minutes from a click. i want to watch what we're about to do because you've never seen anything like this i'm told. come on guys i'm abby martin i can do a very special edition of breaking the set the show is a crusade against the mainstream media because i think it's important to rethink the establishment narrative unfortunately i'm not the only one oscar winning director all over stone has been on this very same mission for quite some time check out the function of media and everyone talks about that saying the news of the day and all the subconscious really important stuff that's going on is being neglect over here to distract us from what you and i should care about because th
made in america. if you live on one hundred thirty three bucks a month for food i should try it because you know how fabulous. i mean. i know that i'm still the same thing really messed up. and we're all very sort of silly. that's. the worst we're going through the only white house of the day the radio guy in fort lauderdale minutes from a click. i want to watch what we're about to do because you've never seen anything like this i'm told. come on guys i'm abby martin i can do a very special...
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post nine eleven world and cinematic self-censorship in the sense of self love i think i think that america is very. tough because of the of the uncertainties of the ninety's the terrorism and so forth and the concept of oh globalisation that we wanted badly on a capitalist. that we've lost sight of the home you military it takes to be in our position we have to go we came out of world war two the richest most prosperous country in the world. and we built up a national security state over those seventy years it's next to none on earth ever not the roman empire the british empire has ever been so big we don't even know how big. militarily but unfortunately the thought process that goes into studying history and knowing what what how this came to being has been lost which is why your series is so crucial all of our little going to agree with you or the the blind worship of military patriotism i mean we all have a mother we all have a sense of country and i believe in a military to defend your country but i don't believe your military to conquer the world right absolutely one of your most grou
post nine eleven world and cinematic self-censorship in the sense of self love i think i think that america is very. tough because of the of the uncertainties of the ninety's the terrorism and so forth and the concept of oh globalisation that we wanted badly on a capitalist. that we've lost sight of the home you military it takes to be in our position we have to go we came out of world war two the richest most prosperous country in the world. and we built up a national security state over those...
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we still think america won the war d.-day and on june sixth forty four but the war was was well on its way to being what the soviets had broken the back of the german military in in russia and selling rather that curse than they were moving at that time we led to the d.-day they were moving it through eastern europe the momentum it shifted the germans watched far more men on the eastern front six to one of them like that than they ever lost in the western front besides that it sets up a whole the whole concept of what world war two was because the we don't ever take into account the role of the british empire which controlled a large part of the world the richest resources prior to world war two so as to i mean i see your america stood like me i mean we were lost in this mythology from the beginning of our lives on which like the bomb was necessary we won world war two if you were the guy we have this right to police the world because we won that war on one of these above are true the only reason we have the right is beca
we still think america won the war d.-day and on june sixth forty four but the war was was well on its way to being what the soviets had broken the back of the german military in in russia and selling rather that curse than they were moving at that time we led to the d.-day they were moving it through eastern europe the momentum it shifted the germans watched far more men on the eastern front six to one of them like that than they ever lost in the western front besides that it sets up a whole...
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anniversary of the movie wall street a film that explores the greed and corruption that drives the gears of america's free market check it out you know. you are outside the discussion but. there is no nobility in poverty anymore. is good. with what makes you take the fear of being cool so it's all going to change. the catch me express. my guest today is the director of that movie he's also a three time academy award winner whose films have been nominated for thirty one oscars most notably platoon born on the fourth of july j.f.k. and nixon he's without a doubt one of the most controversial and influential filmmakers of our time and that's why i'm very pleased to be joined by producer director oliver stone thank you so much for joining me for having those two great pleasure so wall street is a film that challenge people to rethink human nature one of the most notable lines from the movie greed is good what was your original message with that line and how do you feel looking back twenty five years later at the relationship between wall street and our government. don't get me started you know my father
anniversary of the movie wall street a film that explores the greed and corruption that drives the gears of america's free market check it out you know. you are outside the discussion but. there is no nobility in poverty anymore. is good. with what makes you take the fear of being cool so it's all going to change. the catch me express. my guest today is the director of that movie he's also a three time academy award winner whose films have been nominated for thirty one oscars most notably...
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of dropping the atomic bomb six out of seven of america's five star officers generals and admirals who got their fifth star during world war two are said that the atomic bomb was morally reprehensible militarily unnecessary and douglas macarthur general macarthur says that if we had told the japanese they could keep the emperor they would have surrendered in may we don't think we think that's a bit of an exaggeration but the atomic bomb was not necessary and in fact it is so central to the cold war sending a message to the soviet union and it's exactly how stalin interpreted it and stalin generals interpreted it that they were really the target because the soviets knew better than anybody that the japanese were trying to surrender and they're trying to surrender that this always get the better surrender terms so for their mind it was not only gratuitous but it was a it was so gratuitous that they said the united states was ruthless enough to do anything to get its way and that this was a warning to the soviet union at that point i think another aspect of world war two history is the de
of dropping the atomic bomb six out of seven of america's five star officers generals and admirals who got their fifth star during world war two are said that the atomic bomb was morally reprehensible militarily unnecessary and douglas macarthur general macarthur says that if we had told the japanese they could keep the emperor they would have surrendered in may we don't think we think that's a bit of an exaggeration but the atomic bomb was not necessary and in fact it is so central to the cold...
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creators in america basically are on strike increasing taxes on job creators this administration and this president policies are hostile to job creators that is saying the wealthy who make over two hundred fifty thousand a year if you say a job creator they say well we can raise their taxes they're the ones or create jobs when in reality when their taxes are higher under bill clinton three times as many jobs are created the propensity to add softer terms to the english lexicon has surged over the decades particularly when it comes to military related language there's a condition in combat most people know about it it's when a fighting person's nervous system has been stressed to its absolute peak and maximum can't take anymore and put the nervous system has either snapped or is about to snap in the first world war that condition was called shows today this same condition is known as an eight syllable hyphenated furries void of any emotion post-traumatic stress disorder the aftermath of war includes post-traumatic . stress disorder and for those of you suffering from p.t.s.d. we're ta
creators in america basically are on strike increasing taxes on job creators this administration and this president policies are hostile to job creators that is saying the wealthy who make over two hundred fifty thousand a year if you say a job creator they say well we can raise their taxes they're the ones or create jobs when in reality when their taxes are higher under bill clinton three times as many jobs are created the propensity to add softer terms to the english lexicon has surged over...
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large prison populations and harsh sentences result in greater profits america's three major private prison companies spend around forty five million dollars over the past ten years on lobbying state and federal governments for supporting immigrant detention mandatory minimum sentences three strikes laws and other legislative measures that contribute to the growth of america's gigantic prison population one can argue about the many causes and effects of america's iraq incarceration rate but since prisons became a for profit industry in the us thirty years ago the number of prisoners has gone up dramatically not to say that it will be only cause behind the spike but many argue will support of it and now with the cheap labor market expanding behind american bars one is wondering whether the justice system in the us is adopting market values in washington i'm going to check up. on our website the cable company which wants to know you better that that's all combines all the pain for equipment that will be watching you while you watch t.v. it's all designed to better target you with adver
large prison populations and harsh sentences result in greater profits america's three major private prison companies spend around forty five million dollars over the past ten years on lobbying state and federal governments for supporting immigrant detention mandatory minimum sentences three strikes laws and other legislative measures that contribute to the growth of america's gigantic prison population one can argue about the many causes and effects of america's iraq incarceration rate but...
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welcome to a brand-new edition of america's news headquarters. there is still no concrete plan on the table. instead, lawmakers have given themselves by 3:00 p.m. today to come up with a compromise agreement that will have enough support to survive both a vote in both houses of congress. chief white house correspondent ed henry is live with more. >> good morning. interesting because the president, in his first sunday show, tv appearance since 2009, when he was pushing health care reform and went on "meet the press" to pound a message over and over, that in his estimation, the onus is on republicans over the next 24 to 48 hour, basically saying, if they don't put together that bipartisan deal in the senate that you just mentioned, they should have a vote in the house and in the senate on the president's stop-gap measure to extend unemployment benefits and extend tax cuts, only for those making $250,000 or less. the president suggesting, playing the blame game, saying, if the republicans don't hold a vote on his plan, they will be at fault, take a
welcome to a brand-new edition of america's news headquarters. there is still no concrete plan on the table. instead, lawmakers have given themselves by 3:00 p.m. today to come up with a compromise agreement that will have enough support to survive both a vote in both houses of congress. chief white house correspondent ed henry is live with more. >> good morning. interesting because the president, in his first sunday show, tv appearance since 2009, when he was pushing health care reform...
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america is now assisting tripoli reestablish its military after last year civil war because archie's going to church account comments washington's offer of help and may not be an entirely selfless act. the pentagon's new outlook forget about full scale invasion is and large footprint docu patients instead think of special ops and proxy armies next destination libya the obama administration has received congressional approval to allocate money for a special unit reportedly made up of some five hundred people who will train the country's forces according to one libyan militia commander a team of americans is already in the country looking for recruits a major obstacle in their way a vastly divided society there isn't an army of libya now and the army is not going to be because whenever you try and get militias which have a legion says to a variety of praise of things than the national interest so they have allegiance to a dr or to a sect or to a religion rather than having allegiance to the nation or to the country you cannot build an army but with training and aid fully via the u.s. w
america is now assisting tripoli reestablish its military after last year civil war because archie's going to church account comments washington's offer of help and may not be an entirely selfless act. the pentagon's new outlook forget about full scale invasion is and large footprint docu patients instead think of special ops and proxy armies next destination libya the obama administration has received congressional approval to allocate money for a special unit reportedly made up of some five...
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midnight moscow time these are the headlines tonight prism says america's own poor human rights record means it can lecture others as moscow responds to washington's decision to sanction russian diplomat. in the past. has promised massive new leaks in twenty thirty that he's called on his supporters to challenge those who seek to silence whistleblowers as the wiki leaks founder is delivered his christmas message we catch up with that very shortly our correspondent is there listening in. on the u.k. reveals the war in afghanistan has cost more than seven hundred billion times but that figure expected to rise before british troops are withdrawn. alone a very good evening chief you've just joined us here in moscow my name's kevin zero in coming to you from the r.t. new center but i'm a poet and slammed america's human rights record citing indefinite detention and sanctioned torture in overseas presence while speaking to journalists the president defended moscow's response to the washington's decision to sanction russian officials. listen to what president putin at a sec. the president sla
midnight moscow time these are the headlines tonight prism says america's own poor human rights record means it can lecture others as moscow responds to washington's decision to sanction russian diplomat. in the past. has promised massive new leaks in twenty thirty that he's called on his supporters to challenge those who seek to silence whistleblowers as the wiki leaks founder is delivered his christmas message we catch up with that very shortly our correspondent is there listening in. on the...
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they are made in america on the ati. she was your language. so that we can we know if you're going to. choose the consensus you. choose to give us the great. choose the stories but if you. choose accents. thanks for sticking with us here on our t.v. seventeen minutes past the hour the pentagon has proposed supplying a high altitude spy drones to south korea the deal for up to four pilotless drone still needs congressional approval and could be worth as much as one point two billion dollars analysts niall bowie though thinks the sale could seriously antagonize north korea which is very sensitive to potential intrusions over its territory. if congress allows these drones to be sold to south korea what i think will happen is that they will use these drones to monitor the demilitarized zone so the south korean border they could also potentially be used to monitor north koreans and north korea's nuclear facilities however we have to remember that north korea is one of many times but its territorial integrity so i think will happen is if south korea
they are made in america on the ati. she was your language. so that we can we know if you're going to. choose the consensus you. choose to give us the great. choose the stories but if you. choose accents. thanks for sticking with us here on our t.v. seventeen minutes past the hour the pentagon has proposed supplying a high altitude spy drones to south korea the deal for up to four pilotless drone still needs congressional approval and could be worth as much as one point two billion dollars...
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one has america's busiest port at a standstill. the other has fast food workers demanding a union and maybe even double the pay they're currently making. maybe new buildings? what about updated equipment? they can help, but recent research shows... ... nothing transforms schools like investing in advanced teacher education. let's build a strong foundation. let's invest in our teachers so they can inspire our students. let's solve this. americans are always ready to work hard for a better future. since ameriprise financial was founded back in 1894, they've been committed to putting clients first. helping generations through tough times. good times. never taking a bailout. there when you need them. helping millions of americans over the centuries. the strength of a global financial leader. the heart of a one-to-one relationship. together for your future. ♪ >>> a strike bringing america's busiest sea port to a standstill for six days now. it could cost all of us $1 billion a day. jane wells at the port. >> reporter: today is day sev
one has america's busiest port at a standstill. the other has fast food workers demanding a union and maybe even double the pay they're currently making. maybe new buildings? what about updated equipment? they can help, but recent research shows... ... nothing transforms schools like investing in advanced teacher education. let's build a strong foundation. let's invest in our teachers so they can inspire our students. let's solve this. americans are always ready to work hard for a better...
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for instance which is trained all the the armies that became the torturers of latin america that started after world war two i would say the training troops is especially in the middle east in the case of iraq or in afghanistan something of a catastrophe it's premised on a fantasy that if the u.s. buys the uniforms gives them the guns provides in the training that somehow these will be reliable forces you can see in the case of afghanistan the governments are united the governments are partners but the afghan troops don't consider the americans to be their friends in fact they consider them to be cultural aliens who are occupying their country more than fifty coalition troops were killed this year alone by members of the afghan security forces or it is out that the obama administration wants to leave around ten thousand troops in afghanistan to continue to train afghan forces and carry out special operations after twenty fourteen when according to the obama administration american forces are supposed to have completely left the country the afghan government has less than two years to agr
for instance which is trained all the the armies that became the torturers of latin america that started after world war two i would say the training troops is especially in the middle east in the case of iraq or in afghanistan something of a catastrophe it's premised on a fantasy that if the u.s. buys the uniforms gives them the guns provides in the training that somehow these will be reliable forces you can see in the case of afghanistan the governments are united the governments are partners...
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we are and forever will be the united states of america. >> cue the confetti and then say good-bye to 2012 and all its moments. historical and hysterical. candy crowley, cnn, washington. >> join don lemon for the biggest stories of the year in crime, politics, money and entertainment. the top ten airs sunday night at 8:00 eastern only on cnn. as the year counts down, your savings can add up with the adt new year's sale. help protect your family with the advanced technology of adt starting at just $99 -- a savings of $300 plus 15% off accessories. but you must call before midnight january 2nd. more than a security system, adt can help let your family in from the cold even when you're away from home. adjust your thermostat remotely to help save energy and money. turn on the lights, even see that everyone is safe and secure. and with adt, you can rely on our fast response monitoring for 24/7 protection against burglary, fire, and high levels of carbon monoxide. the adt new year's sale. it could help you save something more important than money. call now to save $300 on adt starting at $9
we are and forever will be the united states of america. >> cue the confetti and then say good-bye to 2012 and all its moments. historical and hysterical. candy crowley, cnn, washington. >> join don lemon for the biggest stories of the year in crime, politics, money and entertainment. the top ten airs sunday night at 8:00 eastern only on cnn. as the year counts down, your savings can add up with the adt new year's sale. help protect your family with the advanced technology of adt...
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wicked the term little america come from? >> little america came from this remarkable project in the 1950s, led by teams of american engineers to develop parts of southern afghanistan to dig irrigation canals, build dams. in the very same terrain the current troops urge unfolded in. back then, these american engineers decided to build a model town for themselves right smack dab in the middle of the desert into helmand province. it was eight square blocks, four blocks by two blocks. instead of traditional afghan homes, big tall walls around, they built suburban style american homes, ramblers, white stucco walls, manicured front lawns. they had the country's first and only coed high school. they built a swimming pool where boys and girls could swing together, ma and a clubhouse with her nightly card games, weekly squared dances and a bartender the afghans look at the town, which the american engineers thought would serve as a model for what the afghans might aspire to build for themselves. of course, the afghans said that's fin
wicked the term little america come from? >> little america came from this remarkable project in the 1950s, led by teams of american engineers to develop parts of southern afghanistan to dig irrigation canals, build dams. in the very same terrain the current troops urge unfolded in. back then, these american engineers decided to build a model town for themselves right smack dab in the middle of the desert into helmand province. it was eight square blocks, four blocks by two blocks....
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position america says any use of. chemical weapons by syria would cross a red line for the administration what exactly do they mean by that a possible full military intervention. yes this is so of course it's afraid that goes around now for some time we have seen it in september. and that should have the pentagon saying that the movements of these stockpiles if within syria beyond the usual movements in the sites which are known. i do not feel that the western countries in spite of your demands you gene kranz of the u.k. would be ready to have admitted to an intervention with boots on the ground in syria so this issue of the chemical weapons. is so useful to eventually the ground put you money type of. intervention which may include some frights eventually but mostly i doubt strongly in western countries would send soldiers on the ground in syria and briefly do you think putin's visit to turkey will be helpful in overcoming the differences over syria between moscow and ankara . hopefully yes. as i said turkey cannot a
position america says any use of. chemical weapons by syria would cross a red line for the administration what exactly do they mean by that a possible full military intervention. yes this is so of course it's afraid that goes around now for some time we have seen it in september. and that should have the pentagon saying that the movements of these stockpiles if within syria beyond the usual movements in the sites which are known. i do not feel that the western countries in spite of your demands...
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america's problem is that it no longer works like america." i think what he means by that is we don't need to copy a system of government in china or brazil that has accepted state intervention, but we do need to remember what policies helped make us a great industrial power, and those policies, hopefully, can be adopted on a bipartisan basis like they were until our most recent history and most recent turn to what i would say is free market absolutism. i think there is a practical middle ground. the question then, and then we can get into the policy during q&a, the question that often comes up is, well, what's the hope for the future? what is the sense of america and american manufacturing, america's economy with the rise of china, with the rise of brazil, with the rise of other developing nations? one of the points i make is our nation has consistently been underestimated when it comes to our economy. in the 1950s and larry summers had made this point in the article, the paul samuelson. how many people are familiar with paul samuelson? he wr
america's problem is that it no longer works like america." i think what he means by that is we don't need to copy a system of government in china or brazil that has accepted state intervention, but we do need to remember what policies helped make us a great industrial power, and those policies, hopefully, can be adopted on a bipartisan basis like they were until our most recent history and most recent turn to what i would say is free market absolutism. i think there is a practical middle...
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joyce winds low, brown recently co-authored "star- spangled security" applying lessons safeguarding america. i asked him whether jointness was too far as some critics argue. >> not every operation requires jointness. i'm sure there are some that can be best handled by a single service. and by an element rather far down in the table of organization of that service. nevertheless, i believe that the idea of jointness, joint operations, is correct because it brings together talents that each service has that the others do not have. it is probably true that too much is now happening at the unified and specified commands. they have indeed greatly increased staffs and they even have elements in washington that begin to act like lobbies. when a new problem arises, a joint task force is put together. and that makes sense. and the elements may come from more than one of the unified and specified commands. so i think another look is needed at not at the question of jointness, but at how it's carried out. and how the overhead is distributed. >> you worked in the pentagon during the vietnam war and ther
joyce winds low, brown recently co-authored "star- spangled security" applying lessons safeguarding america. i asked him whether jointness was too far as some critics argue. >> not every operation requires jointness. i'm sure there are some that can be best handled by a single service. and by an element rather far down in the table of organization of that service. nevertheless, i believe that the idea of jointness, joint operations, is correct because it brings together talents...
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america's top intelligence official brought visual aids with him for his briefing on the september 11 terror attack in libya. chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge tells us what lawmakers saw. >> the closed, classified briefing brought together state department and counterintelligence officials for status report on the 23-month-old investigation on benghazi terror attack. >> to the degree there was planning involved was this done over weeks, days or hours? i don't think there is any indication of long-term planning here. >> the attack chronology was laid out in a multimedia presentation that included overhead drone surveillance with the security camera video from the consulate and c.i.a. annex. >> this is supposed to be sovereign u.s. territory. people can just come in and walk in on us like that without any kind of resistanc resistance, making your blood boil. where is the security? >> compilation video was shown last month but this is the first time the presentation made to the entire house. a lawmaker who asked not to be identified said like in section of video to sou
america's top intelligence official brought visual aids with him for his briefing on the september 11 terror attack in libya. chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge tells us what lawmakers saw. >> the closed, classified briefing brought together state department and counterintelligence officials for status report on the 23-month-old investigation on benghazi terror attack. >> to the degree there was planning involved was this done over weeks, days or hours? i don't...
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so here to talk about america's strategy in afghanistan and what the solutions are going forward i'm joined now by. brown brookings fellow and author of aspiration and vigilance strategies and realities of counterinsurgency and state building in afghanistan thank you so much for taking the time to come over here so you just heard karzai what he had to say do you agree with the perception that afghans think that that the u.s. is creating instability there in the region well i do not agree with that and that is the strand in the political system in afghanistan that believes that president karzai finds it very convenient to use that line and he is right that there is tremendous amount of. rule of law and afghanistan there is tremendous amount of corruption the blame lies firstly and foremost on the shoulders of his government and. yes there have been problems with how aid has been channeled into afghanistan that have clearly been problems with security companies many of which are afghan security companies and it. include option as well as the perpetration of other crimes but more fundam
so here to talk about america's strategy in afghanistan and what the solutions are going forward i'm joined now by. brown brookings fellow and author of aspiration and vigilance strategies and realities of counterinsurgency and state building in afghanistan thank you so much for taking the time to come over here so you just heard karzai what he had to say do you agree with the perception that afghans think that that the u.s. is creating instability there in the region well i do not agree with...
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. >> america has faced great hardship before and each time we have risen to the challenge. >> the ultimate test is to move our society from where it is to where it has never been. >> join us as we explore today's most critical global issues. join us for great decisions. (instrumental music) >> great decisions is produced by the foreign policy association, inspiring america's to learn more about the world. sponsorship of great decisions is provided by credit suisse, eni, the hurford foundation and pricewaterhousecoopers llp. >> coming up next, sacred cow: defending america on a budget. (instrumental music) (marching music) >> the u.s. spent the last century fighting well-defined wars against well-heeled enemies. ♪ stop! >> duck and cover up under the table. first you duck and then you cover. >> but the fall of the berlin wall meant the collapse of the traditional enemy and the military struggled to find its purpose in this post soviet world. >> we have to understand the role that the united states has played since the end of the second world war and still plays today and that is as a prov
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it is absolutely lunacy to have half of the guns in the world in the united states of america. that is something that has to be different. one other point about new town. dillon shockley was six-years old. he was a special education student. his parents issued a statement. we take great solace that dylan died in the loving arms of his favorite teacher, the speal education teacher, anne marie murphy. the teachers in that school, the principal, psychologist, the teachers that die protecting their children, saving their children, comforting their children, those who survived, they are true heroes and they have not received the recognition, in my judgment, that they deserve. i point out that every one of them is a public-school teacher, a group that has been condemned, vilified, and denigrat by all sorts of people. i do wonder about this nexus we are making about mental illness and violence. we have had a number of gun violence in the district of columbia where people have been killed by firearms, prince george's county as well. are you suggesting to me that everyone who pulled a t
it is absolutely lunacy to have half of the guns in the world in the united states of america. that is something that has to be different. one other point about new town. dillon shockley was six-years old. he was a special education student. his parents issued a statement. we take great solace that dylan died in the loving arms of his favorite teacher, the speal education teacher, anne marie murphy. the teachers in that school, the principal, psychologist, the teachers that die protecting their...
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that's a valid concern but blocking sales and strangling america's space industry is an even bigger threat. if you are not selling anything you are not controlling anything, either. working together republicans and democrats solved this problem. they should continue the system and tackle the nation's other problems. thanks for joining us for "this week in defense news." i'm vago muradian. you can watch on-line it at defensenewstv.com. before we go i would like to wish everybody a very happy new year. i'll be back next year at the same time. until then, have a great week. >>> patient centered research, is it more than a slogan. patient leaders rate their progress. i'm steve usdin. welcome to "biocentury this week." >>> your trusted source for biotechnology information and analysis, "biocentury this week." >>> it has blazed the trail. now as we've highlighted many types on "biocentury this week," patients have moved to the center of every aspect of medicine, especially the search for new treatments. patient groups are funding and directing research. they're working with regulators to design
that's a valid concern but blocking sales and strangling america's space industry is an even bigger threat. if you are not selling anything you are not controlling anything, either. working together republicans and democrats solved this problem. they should continue the system and tackle the nation's other problems. thanks for joining us for "this week in defense news." i'm vago muradian. you can watch on-line it at defensenewstv.com. before we go i would like to wish everybody a very...
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they didn't necessarily see this as america's war. they saw it as something to directly affect them, and it did that had to concentrate on south vietnam, but a lot of the fighting was going on in laos, and same solders, thai solders, who fought in vietnam, fought in the north and the communists. you can't get a full view of the vietnam war without reading some of these regional perspectives. i think, at times, united states, we tend to not only privilege an american position, but almost to focus on exclusively american perspective of the vietnam war while ignoring vietnamese perspective and thai-lao, cam bodian, other national perspectives to consider. i also think about allies as well, too, that these -- the united states is always going to have foreign allies in these conflicts, and through studying the interaction of what worked and what didn't work, what were the sort of elements where we agreed and disagreed, that kind of thing, that will help us understand what we are doing whether it's in iraq or afghanistan or other conflicts.
they didn't necessarily see this as america's war. they saw it as something to directly affect them, and it did that had to concentrate on south vietnam, but a lot of the fighting was going on in laos, and same solders, thai solders, who fought in vietnam, fought in the north and the communists. you can't get a full view of the vietnam war without reading some of these regional perspectives. i think, at times, united states, we tend to not only privilege an american position, but almost to...
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i do not think we have different goals, not here and not in america. but we do have different ways of reaching them. congress suffers criticism for partisan acrimony. we may disagree politically and air our opposition in this chamber, it is the conversation behind the scenes that cements and the fines our relationships. i will leave the senate knowing i have work with men and women of great patriotism, intellect, and hard for both sides of the aisle. i would like to thank my colleagues, democrat and republican for the many wonderful years working together. we seconded one another at times and engage in rigorous debate in others. if the american people should know that either way we are collegial and we all understand that our states have different needs and there will be differences in priority, but in the senate and -- an adversary today will be an ally tomorrow. is a rare occasion for acrimony to turn personal. madame president, it would be my party's hope that this collegiality will not be lost, protecting the rights of the minority has assured that
i do not think we have different goals, not here and not in america. but we do have different ways of reaching them. congress suffers criticism for partisan acrimony. we may disagree politically and air our opposition in this chamber, it is the conversation behind the scenes that cements and the fines our relationships. i will leave the senate knowing i have work with men and women of great patriotism, intellect, and hard for both sides of the aisle. i would like to thank my colleagues,...
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gun purchases across america just exploded. concealed carry permits have taken over. >> and that is a good thing, you think? >> well, folks think it is. >> grossman insists america's future depends on how each citizen prepares for the threats. do you ever worry these local police officers are going to go out and be looking for terrorists in every small town and pulling people over and looking them up and down and saying, is this a terrorist? >> we're not seeing people's rights being trampled. we're not seeing individuals being abused. we must constantly be alert to that. life is all about balance. >> you fervently do not believe you are a fear-monger. but you want people to use fear as a weapon? >> the gift of fear, to be aware of the potential for threat and to take action to deal with that. that's the healthy path. >> oppose it or embrace it, grossman's message is popular. he's expanding beyond school, the military and police departments and is training major corporations to be on the lookout for terrorists. >> the wounds of
gun purchases across america just exploded. concealed carry permits have taken over. >> and that is a good thing, you think? >> well, folks think it is. >> grossman insists america's future depends on how each citizen prepares for the threats. do you ever worry these local police officers are going to go out and be looking for terrorists in every small town and pulling people over and looking them up and down and saying, is this a terrorist? >> we're not seeing people's...
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america. bowing to criticism, apple announced it will move production of some mac computers from china back into the u.s. the decision may be more economic with patriotic, with chinese wages on the rise. iphones and ipads will be assembled overseas. >>> and macy's are inviting customers to shop until you drop for the final week of christmas. macy's will be open from 48 hours straight, from december 21st to the 23rd, giving some shoppers much-needed time. if the move pays off for macy's, expect other stores to follow suit. >> good news for procrastinators. >> like you. >> exactly. >>> "fifty shades of grey" is turning into green for random house employees. thanks in part to the hugely popular book and its sequels, every employee from editors to warehouse workers is getting a $5,000 bonus. woo. not bad at all. >> 5,000 shades of grey. >> a lot of satisfied readers. >>> when we come back, baby swap. a careless hospital mixup that has two new mothers fighting mad. >>> and gone from the gridiron, a
america. bowing to criticism, apple announced it will move production of some mac computers from china back into the u.s. the decision may be more economic with patriotic, with chinese wages on the rise. iphones and ipads will be assembled overseas. >>> and macy's are inviting customers to shop until you drop for the final week of christmas. macy's will be open from 48 hours straight, from december 21st to the 23rd, giving some shoppers much-needed time. if the move pays off for...
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and bp's also committed to america. we support nearly 250,000 jobs and invest more here than anywhere else. we're working to fuel america for generations to come. our commitment has never been stronger. now we need a little bit more... [ male announcer ] at humana, we understand the value of quality time and personal attention. which is why we are proud to partner with health care professionals who understand the difference that quality time with our members can make... that's a very nice cake! ohh! [ giggles ] [ male announcer ] humana thanks the physicians, nurses, hospitals, pharmacists and other health professionals who helped us achieve the highest average star rating among national medicare companies... and become the first and only national medicare advantage company to achieve a 5-star rating for a medicare plan... your efforts result in the quality of care and service we're able to provide... which means better health outcomes... and more quality time to share with the ones who matter most. i love you, grandma!
and bp's also committed to america. we support nearly 250,000 jobs and invest more here than anywhere else. we're working to fuel america for generations to come. our commitment has never been stronger. now we need a little bit more... [ male announcer ] at humana, we understand the value of quality time and personal attention. which is why we are proud to partner with health care professionals who understand the difference that quality time with our members can make... that's a very nice cake!...
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matrix and how you apply your resources to protect the individuals who have put their lives at risk for america. >> how important is it for hillary clinton to actually testify before these committees? she's out sick, we're told. is her absence could affect getting this thing right? >> well, i think the secretary of state should testify. this is a catastrophic event where a united states ambassador was killed. clearly there were systemic failures. they identified senior leadership failures. it has to be of major consequence to the people who made those bad decisions, and in the transformation process of the state department, and the only one that could reinforce that message, talk about what happened, talk about the decision making, i think, is the secretary of state, so i wish her well. i hope she recovers soon and has a good and quick recovery for whatever is ailing here, and that i do believe she should come up and testify. again, because the magnitude of this is huge and significant because we have some 270 other posts out around the world where these people are have signed up to do america'
matrix and how you apply your resources to protect the individuals who have put their lives at risk for america. >> how important is it for hillary clinton to actually testify before these committees? she's out sick, we're told. is her absence could affect getting this thing right? >> well, i think the secretary of state should testify. this is a catastrophic event where a united states ambassador was killed. clearly there were systemic failures. they identified senior leadership...
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america you can also check out our website you can see from other things we covered a lot of things we didn't have a chance to get to and that's at r.t. dot com slash usa and you can follow me on twitter at christine for his hour want to thank you for watching we're going to be back here at eight pm eastern.
america you can also check out our website you can see from other things we covered a lot of things we didn't have a chance to get to and that's at r.t. dot com slash usa and you can follow me on twitter at christine for his hour want to thank you for watching we're going to be back here at eight pm eastern.
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the framework that we have a sense to america that when you are in need, we will not, as this congress and this government, be prepared to help you. i think what is disappointing, just about three days ago we thought there was a deal between the white house and the framework that was offered and the leadership of this house is is disappointing that in the course of a couple of days, we have come to a situation when this plan, plan b, raises only $300 billion from high on -- high income households and it is suggested that millionaires will get $108,000 in tax cuts. but will the middle class in? plan b allows the bush tax cuts to continue the itemized deductions for the rich, giving them more opportunity to keep their money. in fact, we will loose for a hundred dollars billion under this plan in high income revenue -- louis $400 billion year under this plan and high income revenues. if a senior vice chief food, that means they need cheap social security and we cut their social security benefits. we thought there was a deal. i cannot agree with that at all, cutting social security. and i
the framework that we have a sense to america that when you are in need, we will not, as this congress and this government, be prepared to help you. i think what is disappointing, just about three days ago we thought there was a deal between the white house and the framework that was offered and the leadership of this house is is disappointing that in the course of a couple of days, we have come to a situation when this plan, plan b, raises only $300 billion from high on -- high income...
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let's head on into the americas. central portions are looking calm and clear. a storm from the pacific, dropping down from b.c. to central california. chilly showers to post coastal areas. and we'll be seeing some snow, a few inches on the sierra nevadas and moving inland as well. strongest gusts bringing temperatures down in portions of southern california in the next couple of days. out toward the east, we've been watching a stubborn system move away out over the atlantic, but what will be left over is heavy showers in the eastern gulf states as well as in the florida peninsula and you can see some severe thunderstorms erupting there too. here are temperatures. a big drop out in the northeast. new york city, 9 degrees today. 9 in d.c. a drop of 10 degrees between monday and tuesday. further up toward the north. that's your high temperature. winnipeg, minus 20. high temperature, even down to houston, 13 for the high. but overnight lows will be around the freezing point. as for europe, not too much to worry about for western and central locations. potent low br
let's head on into the americas. central portions are looking calm and clear. a storm from the pacific, dropping down from b.c. to central california. chilly showers to post coastal areas. and we'll be seeing some snow, a few inches on the sierra nevadas and moving inland as well. strongest gusts bringing temperatures down in portions of southern california in the next couple of days. out toward the east, we've been watching a stubborn system move away out over the atlantic, but what will be...
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it is absolutely lunacy to have half the guns in the world in the united states of america. that is something that has to be different. one other point about newtown. dylan shockley was 6 years old. he was a special-education student. his parents issued a statement. we take great solace that dylan died in the loving arms of his favorite teacher, a special- education teacher, anne marie murphy. 52, mother of four. the teachers of that school, the principal, psychologist, the teacher that by protecting their children, saving their children, comforting their children, those that survived, they are true heroes. they have not received the recognition that they deserve. i would point out, everyone of them is a public schoolteacher. a group that has been condemned, vilified, and denigrated by all sorts of people. >> i do wonder about this nexus we are making between mental illness and violence. we have had a number of gun -- violence where people were killed with fire arms, in prince george's county, too. are you suggesting that everyone who pulls a trigger is mentally ill? is that
it is absolutely lunacy to have half the guns in the world in the united states of america. that is something that has to be different. one other point about newtown. dylan shockley was 6 years old. he was a special-education student. his parents issued a statement. we take great solace that dylan died in the loving arms of his favorite teacher, a special- education teacher, anne marie murphy. 52, mother of four. the teachers of that school, the principal, psychologist, the teacher that by...
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she was born in colombia, but her roots are in america. and she has dreams and goals for the future, like any young woman her age. and she is proud of her connection, her roots in this country. she wants to go to college. but for so long has feared that she would not be able to go. and very briefly, she is eligible to apply for the deferred action program announced by the administration, but that program would simply give her a reprieve without the security and certainty that she needs to advance and continue her schooling. that is the path to citizenship that our dreamers need and deserve. so that they can go to school, serve in our military, give back to this country, earn their citizenship through deeds. not just words, but deeds that make us all proud and contribute to the quality of life in our nation. that's what they want to do, is to earn citizenship that so many of us take for granted and that so many people in this country have as a birthright without the effort that she will devote to becoming a united states citizen. we have gr
she was born in colombia, but her roots are in america. and she has dreams and goals for the future, like any young woman her age. and she is proud of her connection, her roots in this country. she wants to go to college. but for so long has feared that she would not be able to go. and very briefly, she is eligible to apply for the deferred action program announced by the administration, but that program would simply give her a reprieve without the security and certainty that she needs to...
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go back to america. the muslims themselves should lead after afghanistan and build it with their hands. >> after they leave the afghan government can lead the peace to the country. we don't need the americans. >> is there no need for america to stay? i know there's nationalism, there's pride. but what's the truth? >> we do need to stay if -- to hold this together. now does our presence here help? that's a much bigger question. there's a strong case to be made that we provide an accelerant. we provide a reason for people to fight against us. i think that's what these guys are saying. they say look, we have to step up on our own. i think that's what they want. then there is readiness. post 24 team between the civilian and military aid is like $8 billion a year. afghanistan's total revenue is a billion. how much longer can we pay and is there an expectation that they can at some point pay for it themselves? that's not really clear. >> here in afghanistan, in kabul that we're under, wealthy people live here
go back to america. the muslims themselves should lead after afghanistan and build it with their hands. >> after they leave the afghan government can lead the peace to the country. we don't need the americans. >> is there no need for america to stay? i know there's nationalism, there's pride. but what's the truth? >> we do need to stay if -- to hold this together. now does our presence here help? that's a much bigger question. there's a strong case to be made that we provide...
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but he was proud that in his time america was strong and at peace. by god, he wants it, it didn't just happen. thank you very much. [applause] >> him happy to take some questions. >> i found this little 50-cent paperback book in our neighborhood. fascinating book what ike did leading up to the invasion of europe in 1944. for example, he talked about at the time they call them v-2 bombers. now i guess we would call the missiles. and less than one month with 1 million troops in europe. within less than one month, this is his thing, three years after the invasion, we had 171,532 vehicles in europe. can you imagine the preparation of all this? and i was wondering as a question, do you think he had any of this devious our kind of, he impose on marshall and fdr to get this kind of action in place because i don't think you bluffed marshall. but, of course, he was a good politician. he was a great politician. his approval rating as president was 65%. a number that modern politicians would kill for. and he was very good, and the way he did it, hardly the firs
but he was proud that in his time america was strong and at peace. by god, he wants it, it didn't just happen. thank you very much. [applause] >> him happy to take some questions. >> i found this little 50-cent paperback book in our neighborhood. fascinating book what ike did leading up to the invasion of europe in 1944. for example, he talked about at the time they call them v-2 bombers. now i guess we would call the missiles. and less than one month with 1 million troops in...
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large prison populations and harsh sentences result a greater profits america's three major private prison companies spend around forty five million dollars over the past ten years on lobbying state and federal governments for supporting immigrant detention mandatory minimum sentences three strikes laws and other legislative measures that contribute to the growth of america's gigantic prison population the us now holds more people behind bars than any other nation more than two million that's one quarter of all prisoners in the world from a cost effectiveness point of view the forty five million dollars that private prisons have reportedly spent over the past decade lobbying to keep prisons fall he's peanuts compared to the new ins that they make every year one can argue about the many causes and effects of america's skyrocketing incarceration rate but since prisons became a for profit industry in the u.s. thirty years ago the number of prisoners has gone up dramatically not to say that it was the only cause behind the spike but many argue will support of it and now with a cheap labor mark
large prison populations and harsh sentences result a greater profits america's three major private prison companies spend around forty five million dollars over the past ten years on lobbying state and federal governments for supporting immigrant detention mandatory minimum sentences three strikes laws and other legislative measures that contribute to the growth of america's gigantic prison population the us now holds more people behind bars than any other nation more than two million that's...